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Die zwei Menschen stehen auf grün bewachsenem Boden. Darunter sieht man den hellen Permafrostboden: dieser Boden ist das ganze Jahr über gefroren.

Originalbeschriftung: Coastal erosion reveals the extent of ice-rich permafrost underlying active layer on the Arctic Coastal Plain in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska.

Teshekpuk Lake (Iñupiaq: Tasiqpak) is a 22 miles (35 km) wide lake on the Arctic coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, South of Pitt Point, 12 miles (19 km) east of Harrison Bay, 80 miles (130 km) east of Point Barrow.

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